1987 Boston College Eagles football team

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1987 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Seymour "Red" Kelin (7th season)
Captains
  • Peter Casparriello
  • Dave Nugent
  • Jim Turner
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
Sullivan Stadium
Seasons
  1986
1988  
1987 Major eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Syracuse $ 5 0 011 0 1
Penn State 4 2 08 4 0
Pittsburgh 3 3 08 4 0
West Virginia 2 3 06 6 0
Rutgers 2 4 06 5 0
Boston College 2 4 05 6 0
Temple 1 3 03 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1987 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)    12 0 0
No. 4 Syracuse    11 0 1
No. 2 Florida State    11 1 0
No. 15 South Carolina    8 4 0
Pittsburgh    8 4 0
Penn State    8 4 0
No. 17 Notre Dame    8 4 0
Southern Miss    6 5 0
Rutgers    6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana    6 5 0
Memphis State    5 5 1
Northern Illinois    5 5 1
West Virginia    6 6 0
Tulane    6 6 0
Army    5 6 0
Boston College    5 6 0
East Carolina    5 6 0
Akron    4 7 0
Cincinnati    4 7 0
Louisville    3 7 1
Temple    3 8 0
Tulsa    3 8 0
Virginia Tech    2 9 0
Navy    2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as an independent during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by seventh-year head coach Jack Bicknell, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They also played an alternate-site home game at Sullivan Stadium (later known as Foxboro Stadium) in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5 TCU W 38–2030,000
September 12 Temple
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 28–727,500
September 19at USC No. 19L 17–2346,205
September 26No. 15 Penn State L 17–2750,267
October 3at Pittsburgh W 13–1046,238
October 10 Army
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 29–2431,500
October 17at Rutgers L 24–3830,253
October 24 West Virginia
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
L 16–3731,500 [1]
October 31No. 13 Tennessee
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
W 20–1831,800
November 7at No. 9 Notre Dame L 25–3259,075
November 14at No. 6 Syracuse L 17–4549,892
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1987 Boston College Eagles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 24 Darren Flutie Jr
WR 16 Tom Waddle Jr
OT 69 Dave Widell Sr
G 74 Doug Widell Jr
OL 64 Joe Wolf Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 55 John Galvin Sr
LB 53 Bill Romanowski Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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References

  1. "BC gets thrashed by West Virginia". The Boston Globe. October 25, 1987. Retrieved February 1, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1987 Boston College Eagles Schedule & Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.